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  • Song In Code: Ramones, I wanna be sedated

    August 21st, 2009

    Just the first verse:

    go = Proc.new { sleep 24.hours }
    self.wants :sedatation
    begin ; nil ; end
    case go ; where "no" ; nil ; end
    self.wants :sedatation
    self.get '/airport'
    self.put '/airport/plane'
    before self.insane? do
    3.times { hurry! }
    end
    return if self.can_control? :fingers
    return if self.can_control? :brain
    5.times { "no" }

    I recorded me singing it, which is kinda stupid tbh.

    I used mencoder to convert this to something Youtube found tasty. Like this:

    mencoder -ss 15 -endpos 1:18 -vf pp=al:f,scale=480:360 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=libx264:mbd=1:vbitrate=2000 MOV01362.MPG -o MOV01362.x264

    Also, pimp for another Geek/Ukelele project: Ukepedia, all 3 million Wikipedia articles one song at a time

    Tags: code, Music, ramones, ruby, sing, song, songsincode, ukelele

    Posted in Music, Tech | 5 Comments »

  • My Ukepedia Talk at Barcamp Leeds 2009

    June 5th, 2009

    Tim Dobson very kindly recorded and uploaded my talk on the Ukepedia at Barcamp Leeds last Saturday.

    For those of your with short attention spans, I finally get started with the talk at about 2mins 30, and start singing the first article, Otitis Media, at about 7mins.

    Tags: barcamp, bcleeds09, leeds, microsoft, otitis media, performance, sing, song, ukelele, ukepedia, wikipedia

    Posted in Personal | No Comments »

  • Live this Saturday at the Packhorse in Leeds, The Gillroyd Parade

    May 12th, 2009

    My band, The Gillroyd Parade, are hosting an evening of acoustic music at the Packhorse Pub this Saturday (7pm to 11pm, 16th May). Supported by Ukelele Bitch Slap. Do come along, it’d be just dandy to see you.  Full poster here.

    The Gillroyd Parade

    Tags: folk, gospel, guitar, harmonica, sci-fi, theremin, ukelele

    Posted in Music, Personal | No Comments »

  • Ukepedia: Wikipedia on the Ukelele

    August 16th, 2008

    Ukepedia is a new project by me and Louisa. Long story short: Ukepedia is Wikipedia articles performed on the Ukelele (or Ukulele if you prefer). The long story isn’t actually much longer than that.

    Here is a video of me performing the Wikipedia article “Otitis Media” (which I also performed live at The Chemic Tavern on Thursday and at Bar Camp Leeds just today).

    Record your own, upload them to You Tube and submit them to us!

    Tags: Music, songs, ukelele, ukepedia, ukulele, ukupedia, wikipedia

    Posted in Music, Personal | 1 Comment »

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